Sushi is cheap

I didn't realize how inexpensive sushi could be until I made it myself. My favorite is cooked salmon, avocado, and cream cheese (the salmon and avocado are optional). Its mostly just rice unless you try to get fancy, and by the time you've boiled 2 cups of it, you've made enough sushi to feed an army. God forgive me for even admitting this, but we ended up having to throw away a whole tupperware container full of leftover sushi because there simply werent enough people to eat it all. Anyways! Here are some pictures of the final spread, and an easy recipe for doing it yourself.

Main Ingredients for all sushi rolls:

Sushi rice - 1 to 2 cups

Sushi or rice vinegar

Nori seaweed sheets

Soy sauce

Wasabi (if you like it...I hate it)

Sushi rolling mat

Rice paddle

Small bowl of water for dipping your fingers into

Some Inside ingredient Suggestions:

Avocado

Cooked seafood (Salmon, crab, shrimp, etc.)

Cream cheese

Cucumber

Carrots

Cook your rice until done (hopefully you have a rice cooker! Otherwise do it on the stove)

Put cooked rice into a non-metallic bowl. Sprinkle the vinegar over the rice lightly and turn/fold gently with a rice paddle. Dont mix or the rice will get mushy, just turn over a couple times. Add a little vinegar at a time, and only 2-3 tablespoons in total. Cover the bowl with something and move on to the next step.

Lay the seaweed smooth side down onto the rolling mat. With your damp hands or a rice paddle, start to carefully cover the seaweed with the cooled, prepared rice. Make the layer thin and leave a small strip empty at one end. Lay your inside ingredients in thin rows on top of the rice and, using the rolling mat, tighten and roll the sushi over and onto itself to make the roll. Dampen the empty strip with a little water so it will adhere and hold the roll together tightly. Remove the roll from the mat, wet your hands, and rub your hands over the entire roll so that the nori becomes soft. Using a very sharp knife, cut the roll into wheels and place on a dry plate to serve. And you're done!